spiculum
Americannoun
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spicula
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of spiculum
1740–50; < Latin spīculum; see spicule
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Rossiter in this autumn of 1917 was extremely interested in certain crucial experiments he was making with spiculum in sponge-cells; with scleroblasts, "mason-cells," osteoblasts, and "consciousness" in bone-cells.
From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston
In some cases I have found spicula projecting from the inner plate of the skull, and pressing upon or even penetrating the dura mater.
From The Dog by William Youatt
As the flakes fall down through the atmosphere, they are joined by more of these radiated spicula, and thus increase in bulk like the drops of rain or hail-stones.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829 by Various
I pray you note that for many a day his carpet hath been the spicula of pine, and his atmosphere hath been perfumed by the fir-tree.
From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by William Chauncey Bartlett
The whole surface is uniformly covered with short compressed calcareous spicula embedded in the cuticle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
In the eagerness with which these bones are crushed, spicula or large pieces of them become wedged between the molar teeth, and form an inseparable obstacle to the closing of the teeth.
From The Dog by William Youatt
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